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Section 12 - Game Phases

1800
Train	Phase	Effects
-	1	Yellow tiles
2	2	Train limit two, lowest OBH
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies
4	4	2 trains rust, middle OBH
5	5	Brown tiles, 3 ORs, all E trains available, privates close
E	6	3 train rusts, grey tiles, train limit three

1824
Train	Phase	Effects
-	1	Yellow tiles
2	2	1g trains available, lower mine values, at the end of each set of operating rounds, a 'normal' (non-goods) train is sold abroad
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, 2g trains available, Mountain Railways and Coal Railways may be exchanged, companies can buy trains from each other
4	4	2 trains rust, 3g trains available (1g trains rust when the first 3g or later is bought), Mountain Railways must be exchanged, train limit three for Regional Railways, four for the Staatsbahnen, the Suedbahn is founded at the end of the current operating round
5	5	Brown tiles, Coal Railways must be exchanged, higher mine values, the Ungarische Staatsbahn is founded at the end of the current operating round
6	6	3 trains rust, 4g trains available (2g trains rust when the first 4g or later is bought), 3 ORs, train limit two for Regional Railways and three for the Staatsbahnen, the k&k Staatsbahn is founded at the end of the current operating round
8	7	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust, 5g trains available (3g trains rust when the first 5g is bought)
10	8	5 trains rust

1825
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	Two	Green tiles, 2 ORs
4	-	-
5	Three	Brown tiles, 2 trains rust, train limit three, 3 ORs
6	Four	Grey tiles, no train limit
7	-	3 trains rust

1826
Train	Phase	Effects
2H	2H	Train limit four, 1 OR, top OBH
4H	4H	Green tiles, 2 ORs, top OBH
6H	6H	2H trains rust, train limit three, trains can be bought across, top OBH
10H	10H	Brown tiles, 4H trains rust, train limit two, 3 ORs, second OBH
E	E	6H trains rust, third OBH
TGV	TGV	Grey tiles, bottom OBH

1827Jr
Train	Phase	Effects
1H	1H	Train limit four, 1 OR
2H	2H	Green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by share companies, more share companies available, more privates available
3H	3H	1H trains rust, train limit three, bonds available, another private available
4H	4H	2H trains rust, prestige items available, another private available
5H	5H	Brown tiles, 3 ORs, high value for OBHs, another private available
P8H	P8H	3H trains rust
F7H	F7H	4H trains rust, 5H trains require maintenance

1829
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	Two	Green tiles, 2 ORs
4	-	-
5	Three	Brown tiles, 2 trains rust, train limit three, 3 ORs
7	Four	Grey tiles, 3 trains rust, train limit two, 4 ORs

1829 Mainline

There are no phases as such.
Tiles must be promoted in the standard sequence yellow-green-russet-grey, and trains purchased in the order stated.
Trains do not become obsolete.
There are always three operating rounds between stock rounds.

1830
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Yellow	Train limit four, 1 OR, lower values for OBHs
3	Green	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, higher values for OBHs, private close
6	-	3 trains rust, D trains available immediately
D	-	4 trains rust

1830BC
Train	Phase	Effects
1+1	1	Harvest 20, 6 water per river
2	2	Harvest 20, 6 water per river
3	3	Harvest 25, 6 water per river, 1+1s rust, indies may be bought by companies
4	4	Harvest 25, 7 water per river, 2s rust, indies close
M	5	Harvest 30, 8 water per river, 3s rust

1831
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Yellow tiles, Train limit Five, 1 OR
3	Two	Green tiles, corporations may have station and rail yard in same city
4	Three	Blue tiles, train limit four, 2 ORs, 2 certificate block buys allowed
5	Four	2 trains rust, train limit three, station token cost and payout increase
6	Five	3 trains rust
7	Six	Red tiles, 4 trains rust, 4 ORs, 4 certificate block buys allowed
9	Seven	5 trains rust, train limit two, station token cost and payout increase
12	Eight	Mergers cease
15	Nine	6 trains rust

1832
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Two	Yellow tiles, train limit 4, 1 OR, West Virginia Coal Fields may be bought by companies for from half to face value, first value for OBHs and the West Virginia Coal Fields
3	Three	Green tiles, 2 ORs, other privates may be bought by companies, Key West token may be placed
4	Four	Train limit 3, 2 trains rust, eligible companies may merge
5	Five	Brown tiles, privates other than the Southern Bank (if in play) close, train limit 2, 3 ORs, second value for OBHs and the West Virginia Coal Fields
6	Six	Train limit 2, 3 trains rust, port and cotton tokens removed, last chance for mergers
8	Eight	4 trains rust, third value for OBHs and the West Virginia Coal Fields, Key West token removed
10	Ten	-
12	Twelve	5 trains rust

1835
Train	Phase	Effects
2	1	Train limit four for majors, two for minors, two tile lays by majors
2+2	-	-
3	2	Green tiles, transfer of trains, 2 ORs, one tile lay per company, mid value for OBHs, trains may be bought from other companies
3+3	-	-
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit three for major, one for minors, Prussian may start
4+4	-	2+2 trains rust, Prussian must start
5	3	Brown tiles, train limit two for majors, three for the Prussian, high value for OBHs, 3 ORs, all minors must fold into Prussian, all privates close
5+5	-	-
6	-	3 trains rust
6+6	-	3+3 trains rust

1837
Train	Phase	Effects
2	1	Train limit four for majors, two for minors
3	2	Green tiles, transfer of trains, 2 ORs, Bosnia-Herzegovina open, passes may be built without help of mountain railways, 2G trains available, train limit three for majors, trains may be bought from other companies
3+1	-	Train limit one for non-Hungarian minors and for coal companies
4	-	2 trains rust, 3G trains available (once 2Gs have sold out), Italy secedes, Bozen upgraded to green, Sudbahn launched, K+K may be launched, train limit for Sudbahn and K+K is four
3G	-	1G trains rust
4E	-	Hungarian may launch - its train limit is four
4+1	-	K+K must launch
5	3	Brown tiles, train limit two (three for fused companies), 3 ORs, 4G trains available (once 3Gs have sold out), Hungarian must launch, private companies close, coal companies fused into majors
4G	-	2G trains rust
5+2	-	3+1 trains rust

1837SX
Train	Phase	Effects
-	1	Train limit four, yellow tiles, new corporations start as 'small' corporations
4H	2	Lowest value for OBHs
6H	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies
8H	4	4H trains rust, train limit three
10H	5	Brown tiles, 'small' corporations may be exchanged for shares in the KSStBE, train limit three for KSStBE and two for other corporations, new coporations start as 'large' corporations, 3 ORs, privates closed, middle value for OBHs
12H	6	6H trains rust, private company tokens removed, train limit one for 'small' corporations
16H	7	Grey tiles, 8H trains rust, 6N trains available, highest value for OBHs
6N	8	Secondary Railway tokens owned by commpanies are removed from the game

1838 Rheinland
Train	Phase	Effects
2	1	Train limit four, two tile lays
2+2	-	-
3	2	Green tiles, transfer of trains, 2 ORs, mid value for OBHs, trains may be bought from other companies
3+3	-	-
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit three
4+4	-	2+2 trains rust
5	3	Brown tiles, train limit two, high value for OBHs, 3 ORs, privates close
5+5	-	-
6	-	3 trains rust
6+6	-	3+3 trains rust, Specialisation trains available
Specialisation	-	4 trains rust

1841
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four for majors, two for minors
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, two track-lays per major, track-lays across borders, non-historic companies may start
4	4	2 trains rust, borders change, IRSSF split, Tuscan merge, mid values for OBHs, train limit three for majors, two for minors
5	5	3 trains rust, borders change again, brown tiles, 3 ORs, one track-lay per major
6	6	High values for OBHs, train limit two for majors, one for minors
7	7	4 trains rust
8	8	5 trains rust

[ Note the wonderfully simple naming of the phases in 1841. I hope other designers will adopt this system.]

1842
Train	Phase	Effects
1	Yellow	Train limit four, 1 OR
2	-	-
3	Green	1 trains rust, train limit three, green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies, trains may be bought from other companies
4	-	2 trains rust
5	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3ORs, higher values for OBHs
6	-	3 trains rust
7	-	4 trains rust

1844
Train	Phase	Effects
2/2H	Yellow	Train limit four, 1 OR
3/3H	Green	2 trains become 2Hs, green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies, trains may be bought from other companies, special properties of privates may be used
4/4H	-	2H trains rust, 3 trains become 3Hs, train limit 3
5/5H	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3ORs, SBB forms at end of current OR
6	-	3H trains rust, 4 trains become 4Hs, companies that have not floated will be fully capitalised without need to destinate
7	-	4H trains rust, 5 trains become 5Hs, grey tiles available

1846
Train	Phase	Effects
2	I	Train limit four, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies
3/5 or 4	II	Green tiles
4/6 or 5	III	2 trains phased out, brown tiles, train limit three, higher values for OBHs, privates close
7/8 or 6	IV	2 train removed, 3/5 and 4 trains phased out, grey tiles, train limit two, private company marker removed (but not the Mail Contract)

1847 [This needs checking ]
Train	Phase	Effects
3	Yellow	Train limit four (two), two tile lays, no development of others' home bases
3+3	-	-
4	Green	Green tiles, transfer of trains, 2 ORs, one tile-lay per company, mid value for OBHs, stone mines may be bought, others' home bases may be developed
4+4	-	3 trains rust
4	-	Train limit three (one)
5	-	Brown tiles, 3 ORs, high value for OBHs (in alternative version, 3+3 trains rust)
5+5	Brown	3+3 trains rust (in normal version), train limit 2, stone mines except Rammelsbach close
6	-	-
6+6	-	(In alternative version, 4 trains rust)

1848
Train	Phase	Effects
2/2+	2	Yellow tiles, lay one tile, train limit four, 1 OR
3/3+	3	Green tiles, lay two yellow tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be bought by companies, companies may buy trains from each other, loans may be taken out, Bank of England minimum dividend of 10
4/4+	4	2 trains rust, train limit three
5/5+	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, private companies close, 2E (The Ghan) trains available, Bank of England minimum dividend of 20
6/6+	6	3 trains rust, COM can operate without needing a link from Adelaide to Sydney
8/D	8	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust, Bank of England minimum dividend of 30

1849
Train	Phase	Effects
4	4	Train limit four, companies may start at 68 or 100
6	6	Green tiles, 2 ORs, companies may also start at 144, (v4 only, privates may be bought by companies)
8	8	4 trains rust, mid value for OBHs, train limit three
10	10	6 trains rust, red tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, companies may also start at 216
12	12	Earthquake, high value for OBHs (v4 only, privates eliminated, and if playing the electric variant, electric tokens and trains are available)
16	16	8 trains rust, R6 trains available immediately, share prices may enter the final section of the stock market
R6	-	-

1850
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Two	Train limit 4, 1 OR, Mississippi Bridge Company and Mesabi Mining Company may be bought by companies for from half to face value, first value for OBHs and the Mesabi Mining Company
3	Three	Green tiles, 2 ORs, all privates may be bought by companies
4	Four	Train limit 3, 2 trains rust
5	Five	Brown tiles, privates close unless special tile lays have not been used, surviving privates may not be bought by companies, train limit 2, 3 ORs, second value for OBHs and the Mesabi Mining Company
6	Six	Train limit 2, 3 trains rust, all remaining privates close
8	Eight	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust, third value for OBHs and the Mesabi Mining Company
10	Ten	-
12	Twelve	5 trains rust

1851
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Two	Train limit 4, 1 OR, reds and specials use small values, one yellow
3	Three	Two yellows/one green, 2 ORs
4	Four	Train limit 3, reds and specials use middle value, 2 trains rust
5	Five	Brown tiles, privates close, train limit 2, 3 ORs
6	Six	3 trains rust, reds and specials use high values
8	Eight	4 trains rust, grey tile

1853
Train	Phase	Effects
2	1	Train limit four, 1 OR*
3	2	Green tiles, 2 ORs*, 2M trains available
4	3	Brown tiles, 3 ORs*, train limit three, 2 trains rust, 3M trains available
5	4	Grey tiles, train limit two 4, 3 trains and 2M trains rust, 4M trains available
6	-	-

* or one extra if the holder of the elephant so decides

1854
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four for majors, two for locals, 1+ trains available
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, 2+ trains then 3+ trains available, green values for OBJs
4	4	1+ trains and 2 trains rust, train limit three for majors, one for locals
5	5	Brown tiles, 2+ trains rust, train limit two for majors and major locals, brown tiles, 3 ORs, brown values for OBHs, mountains close, locals may close, merge or continue
6	6	3 trains and 3+ trains rust
8	8	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust, grey values for OBHs
rusted 4	-	Rusted 2 trains rust again

1856
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Train limit four
3	Two	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	Three	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Four	Brown tiles, private companies close, 3 ORs, use '5' value for OBHs, train limit two
6	Five	3 trains rust, repay loans, CGR starts, villages can go, port token dies, diesels available, grey tiles
D	Six	4 trains rust, use bottom value for OBHs

1860
Train	Phase	Effects
2+1	2	Train limit four, use yellow off-board value
3+2	3	Green tiles, companies can redeem shares, 2 ORs, use green off-board value
4+2	4	2+1 trains rust, train limit three
5+3	5	Brown tiles, 3 ORs, use brown off-board value
6+3	6	3+2 trains rust, train limit two, Fishbourne Shipping Company available
7+4	7	4+2 trains rust
8+4	8	5+3 trains rust, sales do not affect share prices, certificate limit abolished
9+5	9	Southern Railway forms, no more track or base building after next stock round
	Game End	British Rail is formed, end-game starts, 4 ORs between which companies are closed

The Game End phase begins when all player controlled companies have at least one train.

1861
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four/two, first ten minor companies available, use yellow off-board value, 2 ORs
3	3	Green tiles, all minor companies available, track may be built on private company hexes, companies may buy privates, minor companies may merge or convert, use green off-board value
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three/one, public companies may be started, Russian State Railway starts operating
5	5	Brown tiles, minor companies can no longer be started, use brown off-board value
6	6	Grey tiles, 3 trains rust, train limit two/one, private companies nationalised, use grey off-board value
7	7	-
8	8	4 trains rust, 5+5E trains become available, all remaining minor companies nationalised

1862
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Train limit four
3	Two	Green tiles, companies can redeem shares, 2 ORs
4	Three	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Four	Brown tiles, privates close, 3 ORs, use right value for OBHs, bonus values rise, debt interest drops, train limit two
6	Five	3 trains rust, diesels available, debt interest drops, grey tiles
8	Six	4 trains rust
10	Seven	-

1870
Train	Phase	Effects
2	One	Train limit four
3	Two	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	Three	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Four	Brown tiles, privates close, 3 ORs, use mid value for OBHs, train limit two
6	Five	3 trains rust, port and cattle tokens go, grey tiles
8	Six	4 trains rust, use bottom value for OBHs
10	Seven	-
12	Eight	5 trains rust

1876v2
Train	Phase	Effects
1�	Yellow	Train limit four
2�	Yellow	-
3�	Green	Green tiles, 1� trains rust, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4�	Green	2� trains rust, train limit three
5�	Brown	Brown tiles, privates close, train limit two, 3 ORS
6�	Brown	3� trains rust, diesels available
D	Grey	Grey tiles, 4� trains rust

1889
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Yellow tiles, train limit four, 1 OR, left off-board value
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, privates may be sold
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, middle off-board value, privates (except player's Ube and Takamatsu Ferry) are closed
6	6	3 trains rust, D-trains available immediately
D	7	4 trains rust, right off-board value for D-trains, middle off-board value for 5/6 trains

1895
Train	Phase	Effects
2H	Yellow	Train limit three, 1 OR, use yellow off-board value
3H	-	2 ORs
4H	Green	Green tiles, 2H trains rust, use green off-board value
5H	-	-
6H	-	3H trains rust
8H	-	4H trains rust, two yellow tiles may be laid one one turn
10H	Brown	Brown tiles, 5H trains rust, train limit two, 3 ORs, private company closes, use brown off-board value
12H	-	6H trains rust
16H	-	8H trains rust

1898
Train	Phase	Effects
1	-	Start of the game, concessions phase
2	2	Train limit four for majors, two for minors
3	3	Green tiles, 2 ORs, two track-lays per major, non-historic companies may start
4	4	2 trains rust, TDF split, Rh�ne Valley merge, second values for OBHs, train limit three for majors, two for minors, two track-lays per minor
5	5	3 trains rust, brown tiles, 3 ORs
6	6	Third values for OBHs, train limit two for majors, one for minors
7	7	4 trains rust, grey tiles, 4 ORs
8	8	Highest values for OBHs, 5trains rust

18AL
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three, companies may buy multiple trains per turn
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3ORs, higher values for OBHs, privates close
6	6	3 trains rust
7	7	4 trains wounded
4D	4D	Grey tiles

18C2C
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	4	2 trains rust, merger companies may now be formed, train limit three (three per train shell where relevant), engineer and labor tokens available for purchase if the Colorado Engineers and Central Pacific privates not yet sold to a company
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two (two per train shell where relevant), 3 ORs, use '5' value for OBHs, privates close
6	6	3 trains rust, grey tiles, the Amtrak company forms, remove cattle, coal, fish, gold, labor, lumber and port tokens
8	8	4 trains rust, the Conrail company forms, use '8' value for OBHs (use '5' value if '8' value not present)
10	10	Use '10' value for OBHs
12	12	5 trains rust

18EC
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Yellow	Train limit four, 1 OR, lower value for OBHs, Mail Contracts and Knoxville
3	Green	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, trains may be bought from other companies, 2 ORs
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, higher values for OBHs, Mail Contracts and Knoxville, privates close
6	-	3 trains rust, D trains available immediately
D	-	4 trains rust

18EU
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four for majors, two for minors
3	3	Green tiles, Pullmans available
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three for majors, one for minors
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two for majors, one for minors, minors will close by next SR, higher values for OBHs
6	6	3 trains rust
8	8	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust

18FL
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit two for five-shares companies, top value for OBHs
3	3	Green tiles, train limit two for five-shares companies, four for ten-shares companies, five-share companies may become ten-share companies
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit one for five-shares companies, three for ten-shares companies
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two for ten-shares companies, remaiing five-share companies become ten-share companies, privates close, port token removed, bottom value for OBHs
6/3E	6/3E	Grey tiles, 3 trains rust, Key West Extension is destroyed (but may be rebuilt)

18GA
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three, companies may buy multiple trains per turn
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, higher values for OBHs, privates close
6	6	3 trains rust
8	8	4 trains rust

18GL
Train	Phase	Effects
2H	2H	Train limit four, 1 OR, top par value $100
4H	4H	Green tiles, 2 ORs, top par value $140
6H	6H	2H trains rust, train limit three, second values for OBHs, trains may be purchased from other companies
10H	10H	4H trains rust, brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, third values for OBHs, top par value $200, privates close, CONRAIL may form, double jumps are possible
E	E	6H trains rust, tokens removed, CONRAIL may form
D	D	Grey tiles

18Mex
Train	Phase	Effects
-	1	Yellow tiles, train limit three, 1 OR, NdM shares may not be bought, only one train may be bought from the bank, lower values for OBHs
2	2	-
3	3	Green tiles for major companies, 2 ORs, privates (except for the MNR) may be bought by companies
5th 3	3�	Minor companies close and shares are traded in, NdM shares may be bought, NdM train limit four
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit 2 (NdM three), more than one train may be bought from the bank
5	5	Brown tiles, 3 ORs, private companies close, NdM merger may occur, higher values for OBHs
6	6	3 trains rust
2nd 6	6�	4 trains rust
4D	4D	Grey tiles

18MW
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four, 1 OR
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three, higher values for OBHs
5	5	Brown tiles, 3 trains rust, privates close, companies may merge
6	6	4 trains rust, train limit two, villages may be upgraded or abolished, properties of privates cease
8	8	Grey tiles, higher values for OBHs
10	10	5 trains rust
D	D	6 trains rust

18NL
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Yellow	Train limit four, 1 OR, lower value for OBHs
3	Green	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, trains may be bought from other companies, 2 ORs
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, 3 ORs, higher values for OBHs, privates close
6	-	3 trains rust, D trains available immediately
D	-	4 trains rust

18Rhl Rhineland
Train	Phase	Effects
2	Yellow	Yellow tiles, train limit four, 1 OR, lower value for OBHs, Montan bonus of 20
3	Green	Green tiles, 2 ORs, trains may be bought from other companies
4	-	2 trains rust, train limit 3
5	Brown	Brown tiles, train limit two, higher value for OBHs, 3 ORs, privates close, 6 trains available, Montan bonus of 40
6	-	3 trains rust, Rheingold-Express (8 trains) available
8	Grey	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust

18Scan
Train	Phase	Effects
-	2	Yellow tiles, train limit -/4/2 (for SJ/companies/minors), two shares needed to open a company, incremental company funding, lowest values for OBHs
3/2+2	3	Green tiles, three shares needed to open a company, middle values for OBHs
4/3+3	4	2/1+1 trains rust, train limit -/3/1, four shares needed to open a company
5/4+4	5	Brown tiles, 3/2+2 trains rust, private and minor companies close, SJ eligible to form, train limit 3/2/-, five shares needed to open a company, full company funding, highest values for OBHs
5E	5E	4D trains available immediately
4D	4D	4/3+3 trains rust

18TN
Train	Phase	Effects
-	1	Yellow tiles, train limit four, lowest values for OBHs
2	2	-
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs
-	3�	Occurs when four of the five 3 trains have been purchased - the American Civil War is triggered
4	4	Brown tiles, train limit three, 2 trains rust, companies can buy more than one train from the bank per round
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, private companies close, highest values for OBHs, 3 ORs
6	6	3 trains rust
-	6�	Occurs when both 6 trains have been purchased - 4 trains become obsolete and run once more before rusting
8	8	Grey tiles

18US
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Yellow and green tiles, train limit two, 2 ORs
3	3	-
4	4	2 trains rust, conduct the Western Railroad Convention after the pair of operating rounds during which the first 4 train is purchased or discarded
3E/2G	3E/2G	Brown tiles, in the first operating round after the Western Railroad Convention, companies may exchange a single 4 train for a 2G train for $250
4E/3G	4E/3G	3 trains rust, 1H/2H trains available, Systems may be formed with a train limit of four
1H/2H	1H/2H	-
5E/4G	5E/4G	4 trains rust, grey tiles

18VA
Train	Phase	Effects
2/1G	2	Yellow tiles, train limit four/two, lowest values for OBHs, 1 OR
3/2G	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, 2 ORs, five-share companies may convert
4/3G	4	2/1G trains rust, train limit three/one
5/4G	5	Brown tiles, train limit two/one, 3 ORs, highest values for OBHs, 3/2G trains rust, five-share companies must convert
6/5G	6	4D trains available
4D	4D	Grey tiles, 4/3G trains rust

18West
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Yellow tiles, train limit four/two, lowest values for OBHs, 2 ORs
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies, companies may buy trains from other companies
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three/two, may perform Mergers and Acquisitions and issue stock
5	5	Brown tiles, may abandon Land Grants, new Land Grant companies start as public companies, middle values for OBHs
6	6	3 trains rust, 4D trains available, new companies start fully funded, no restrictions on treasury stock buying
4D	4D	Grey tiles, 4 trains rust, highest values for OBHs

2038
Train	Phase	Effects
5/1, 3/2	I	Spaceship limit four for corporations, two for independents, companies may only buy new ships and their own claims
6/2, 4/3	II	Probe rusts, growth corporations may start, corporations may buy each others' assets, corporations may build bases and fuel stations, and may buy privates from players and claims from independents, corporations and independents may buy ships from other companies
7/3, 5/4	III	Phase I ships rust, Asteroid League may form, spaceship limit three for corporation (four for the Asteroid League), one for independents, once the Asteroid League forms, growth corporations may no longer start
8/4, 6/5	IV	Asteroid League must form, transshipment hexes count higher value
9/5, 7/6	V	Phase II ships rust, independents must join Asteroid League, privates and pilots go, phase VI ships available
9/7	VI	Phase III spaceships rust, spaceship limit two for corporations (three for the Asteroid League)

Crisis
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Train limit four
3	3	Orange tiles available
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three, brown tiles available, no forced tile actions any longer
5	5	3 trains rust, blue tiles available, signals may be replaced, no anti-syndicate laws any longer
E4	E4	Train limit two, grey tiles available
E5	E5	4 trains rust
E6	E6	5 trains rust, red tiles available

Steam Over Holland
Train	Phase	Effects
2	2	Yellow tiles, train limit four, 2 ORs, lower value for OBHs
3	3	Green tiles, privates may be bought by companies
4	4	2 trains rust, train limit three
5	5	Brown tiles, train limit two, higher values for OBHs, privates close
6	6	3 trains rust

� Keith Thomasson January 31st 2008

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Section 12 - Game Phases

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